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Topic: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

	js-2100: Testimony of Juan Carlos Zarate, Assistant Secretary Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes U.S. Department ...
		This Subcommittee has asked that I address the extent to which the OFF Program was allegedly used by Saddam Hussein to obtain funds for prohibited transactions to purchase military equipment and other goods prohibited under UN sanctions.
		This Subcommittee has asked important and pointed questions about the extent to which monies pilfered by the Iraqi regime from OFF are being used to fund the Iraqi insurgency or terrorist groups.
		The investigation, especially as it turns increasingly to the hidden, unofficial assets, is a time-consuming, laborious, and potentially dangerous task.
	www.treas.gov /press/releases/js2100.htm (7870 words)

	United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations - Wikipedia, ...
		In 2004 - 2005, the subcommittee began investigating abuses in the United Nations Oil-for-Food program in which the Swiss company Cotecna paid the consulting fees of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's son Kojo.
		When the Truman Committee was terminated in 1948, the Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments continued that committee's investigation of war contracts and procurement of the F-11, the so-called "flying boat".
		In April 1954, McCarthy's exchange of charges with Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens led to the appointment of a special subcommittee of the PSI to investigate the charges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Permanent_Subcommittee_on_Investigations (1266 words)

	McCarthy Hearings 1953-54 Volume 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Under Senate provisions regulating investigative records, the records of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations are deposited in the National Archives and sealed for fifty years, in part to protect the privacy of the many witnesses who testified in closed executive sessions.
		Complicating matters for the permanent subcommittee in July 1953 were the resignations of all three of its Democratic members--Senators John McClellan, Henry Jackson, and Stuart Symington--over the subcommittee's hiring practices.
		No investigating committee or subcommittee is authorized to hold a hearing to hear a subpoenaed witness or take sworn testimony unless a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee are present: Provided, however, That the committee may authorize the presence of a majority and a minority member to constitute a quorum.
	a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/06amay20030700/www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/mccarthy/83873.html (17482 words)

	CNN.com - Senate subcommittee says Enron board at fault - July 8, 2002
		The 60-page document from the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) is the result of months of interviews, testimony, and review aimed at determining what role the board played in the activities leading to the corporation's downfall and what steps it could have taken to protect the stockholders.
		The subcommittee said it issued more than 50 subpoenas, reviewed more than 350 boxes of documents and interviewed 13 Enron board members as well as representatives from Andersen, Enron, and experts in corporate governance and accounting.
		Subcommittee members also recommend prohibiting an outside auditor from providing internal auditing or consulting services and from auditing its own work for the company.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/07/senate.enron/index.html (725 words)

	CNN.com - British MP denies oil-for-food charges - May 17, 2005
		Galloway, an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, called the panel's investigation the "mother of all smokescreens" used to divert attention from the "pack of lies" that led to the 2003 invasion.
		Galloway's appearance Tuesday before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee was the first by an official allegedly involved in the scandal.
		Investigators have estimated Saddam pocketed at least $2 billion by extorting the surcharges and kickbacks on humanitarian goods purchased.
	www.cnn.com /2005/POLITICS/05/17/oil.food/index.html (1227 words)

	NARA - Center for Legislative Archives - Guide to Senate Records: Chapter 11 1952-1968
		11.17 The records of the Committee on Government Operations and its subcommittees, 1952-68 (1,160 ft.), consist largely of investigative case files of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 1947-82, which are not currently open to research.
		The PSI began a series of investigations on such various matters as subversives in the Department of State, Department of Defense, and U.S. Army; the Voice of America and the United States Information Service libraries; Korean war atrocities; communist infiltration of the United Nations; and the transfer to the Soviet Union of occupation currency plates.
		In the 86th Congress (1957), the PSI began an investigation of labor unions, which soon led the Senate to appoint a separate committee, the Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, 1957-60.
	www.archives.gov /legislative/guide/senate/chapter-11-1952-1968.html?template=print (1575 words)

	Norm Coleman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He has been a U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2003, and is currently chair of the Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations.
		In May 2005 Coleman's subcommittee held hearings on their investigation of abuses of the UN Oil-for-Food program, including oil smuggling, illegal kickbacks and use of surcharges, and Saddam Hussein's use of oil vouchers for the purpose of buying influence abroad.
		On June 2, 2006, Sen. Coleman responded to criticism that he had insufficiently investigated the Australian Wheat Board for sanctions busting, saying that there were legal and cost hurdles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norm_Coleman (2679 words)

	interFIRE, A site dedicated to improving fire investigation worldwide.
		Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
		Abstract: This article is a report submitted by the subcommittee of investigations of the U.S. Senate regarding the insurance industry's role in the problem of arson for profit.
		The subcommittee suggests that the insurance industry should change some of its practices to reduce the number of arson for profit crimes.
	www.interfire.org /res_file/fuab_ss.asp (331 words)

	Korean War Educator: Topics - Atrocities
		The purpose of the investigation was to bring to the attention of the world in general and to the American people in particular, the type of vicious and barbaric enemy we have been fighting in Korea, to expose their horrible acts committed against our troops, and to foster appropriate legislation.
		Investigators collect evidence consisting of affidavits, photographs, statements of participants and perpetrators, and locate bodies of victims, effecting their identification wherever and whenever possible.
		Evidence before this subcommittee indicated that the inhuman treatment given American prisoners in Communist prisoners-of-war camps was a sequel to the brutalities and indignities suffered by the prisoners on death marches.
	www.koreanwar-educator.org /topics/atrocities.htm (7331 words)

	Moneylaundering.com
		Investigators should be able to conduct detailed interviews of both cooperative and non-cooperative witnesses, identify unusual account activity at a glance, and spot patterns of transactions.
		It was also vital that the banksâ employees see the investigations group as independent of any business interest of the bank and understand that its mission was to ferret out and report wrongdoing and to operate in a way that served the interest of honest employees, shareholders and government authorities.
		In June 2003, he was hired to build a compliance, investigation and security department in response to regulatory and enforcement actions brought on by the bank's violations of anti-money laundering laws and regulations.
	www.moneylaundering.com /ArticleDisplay.aspx?id=3108 (1352 words)

	Equipo Nizkor - Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption: Enforcement and Efectiveness of the Patriot Act
		The Subcommittee investigation has determined that Riggs Bank serviced the E.G. accounts with little or no attention to the bank’s anti-money laundering obligations, turned a blind eye to evidence suggesting the bank was handling the proceeds of foreign corruption, and allowed numerous suspicious transactions to take place without notifying law enforcement.
		The Subcommittee’s investigation indicates that the failure of supervision in the Riggs matter is not an isolated case, but symptomatic of a pattern of uneven and, at times, ineffective AML enforcement by federal regulators.
		The Subcommittee investigation has determined that Riggs Bank serviced the E.G. accountswith little or no attention to the bank's anti-money laundering obligations, turned a blind eye toevidence suggesting the bank was handling the proceeds of foreign corruption, and allowed numeroussuspicious transactions to take place without notifying law enforcement.
	www.derechos.org /nizkor/corru/doc/riggsbank.html (15541 words)

	Hunton & Williams \| Congressional Investigations
		We take the kind of multidisciplinary approach that is required in cases involving high-profile controversies. Our congressional investigations practice encompasses numerous areas, including litigation, lobbying, tax, criminal defense and administrative law.
		Congressional investigations of a company or its officers and employees can turn into a "bet the company" event. The risks are not limited to unfavorable publicity.
		The Hunton & Williams Congressional Investigations team has the ability to tap into the collective resources and diverse practices of more than 850 lawyers. We can design a tailor-made defense team for each case, consisting of lawyers experienced in handling congressional investigations and the substantive areas of law at issue.
	www.hunton.com /practices/practice_detail.aspx?gr_H4ID=1079 (355 words)

	George Galloway and the Oil-for-Food Scandal: Time for U.S. and British Inquiries
		The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) today unveiled new evidence on British Member of Parliament George Galloway’s involvement in the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal.
		The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation’s Oil for Food investigation was launched in April 2004 and has interviewed scores of witnesses and reviewed several hundred thousand documents.
		United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Report Concerning the Testimony of George Galloway Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, October 25, 2005.
	www.heritage.org /Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm892.cfm (1439 words)

	Senator Carl Levin: Subcommittee on Investigations
		Senator Carl Levin is the chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and previously chaired the Subcommittee from June 2001 to January 2003.
		The Subcommittee is part of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and has jurisdiction to conduct investigations into a broad range of issues, including federal waste, fraud, and abuse, corporate crime, offshore banking and tax practices, energy markets, corruption, and national security.
		In February 2003, the Subcommittee initiated a followup investigation to evaluate the enforcement and effectiveness of key anti-money laundering provisions of the Patriot Act, using Riggs Bank, a prominent bank that held the accounts of most of the foreign embassies in Washington, as a case study.
	www.levin.senate.gov /senate/investigations/index.html (3180 words)

	Press Releases
		The bank sought to rebut arguments made by its opponent regarding the credibility of hearings that were conducted, and subsequent findings that were made, in the Enron matter by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the United States Senate.
		Specifically, Roberts' firm was hired to secure a letter from the Subcommittee to the British court attesting to the thoroughness and objectiveness of its investigation.
		Roberts prepared an air waybill reflecting that the package originated with the "U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Investigations" and included the transmittal letter in the package with the intent to persuade the Justice of the British Court that the package was submitted on behalf of the Subcommittee.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/dc/Press_Releases/2006_Archives/Jan_2006/06015.html (565 words)

	NPR : Closed-Door McCarthy Transcripts Released
		After McCarthy hinted at a huge Communist conspiracy in the U.S Army, and his confrontational investigatory style wore thin on the American public, McCarthy was censured by the Senate for "conduct unbecoming of a senator." The McCarthy era of hunting down Communists was over.
		Members and staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations joined with the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee to form a special committee to investigate labor racketeering in the late 1950s -- with Robert F. Kennedy as chief counsel.
		The McCarthy subcommittee conducted numerous public hearings -- many of which were televised -- but it did the largest share of its work behind closed doors.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1252460 (412 words)

	frontline: tax me if you can: uncovering schemes: a closer look at one shelter promoter \| PBS
		Spurred by the Enron investigation, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich), the ranking Democrat of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led an investigation into the development and marketing of abusive tax shelters, with particular focus on the activities of KPMG.
		This report was released in conjunction with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' November 2003 hearings on abusive tax shelters.
		But here is the prepared testimony of two KPMG executives from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' November 2003 hearings into the U.S. tax shelter industry.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tax/schemes/kpmg.html (514 words)

	t r u t h o u t - ISSUES-Levin, Oil Probe
		Levin, as the Ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee, has already asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to look into the effect of recent mergers and consolidations in the oil industry on gas prices and whether the recent large number of such mergers have resulted in less competition and higher gas prices.
		Levin is expected to become chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations the first week of June when Senator James Jeffords' officially leaves the Republican party to become an independent.
		The PSI Subcommittee, which is part of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, has a very broad investigative jurisdiction over government operations and national security issues, and has subpoena and deposition authority.
	www.truthout.org /docs_01/0268.Levin.Probe.htm (311 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historic Senate Hearings Published
		The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has released the previously closed executive session transcripts for the 83rd Congress (1953-1954), chaired by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.
		Before the 50-year seal on the transcripts expires this year, current leadership of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations requested that the transcripts be prepared for publication to make them equally accessible to scholars and the general public.
		The volumes were edited by the staff of the Senate Historical Office with the cooperation of the staff of the Center for Legislative Archives at the National Archives and Records Administration.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/News_McCarthy_Hearings.htm (175 words)

	NASD - Investor Information - Testimony Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Senate Committee on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		To the extent that these investigations indicate that violations of our rules or the federal securities laws have taken place, formal enforcement actions will be instituted.
		NASDR is investigating potentially violative activity relating to loans made by and between customers that are arranged by the firm or one of its employees for the purpose of meeting initial and maintenance margin requirements.
		We are investigating whether some of these activities violate our rule requiring a firm effecting a short sale for a customer to determine if the shares being sold can be located and delivered to the buyer.
	www.nasd.com /InvestorInformation/MarketsTrading/MarginInformation/NASDW_010951 (5581 words)

	Riggs Bank Hid Assets Of Pinochet, Report Says (washingtonpost.com)
		Senate investigators, who spent more than a year looking into Riggs, found that the bank attempted to use offshore and other accounts that were misleadingly named to obscure their connection to Pinochet.
		The report by the Democratic minority staff of the permanent subcommittee on investigations provides new information about Lee's role as a federal examiner, which is already under investigation by the Treasury Department's inspector general.
		A spokesman for Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), chairman of the investigations subcommittee, said Coleman agrees with the findings of the report but not a recommendation that oil companies be required to publicly disclose all payments to foreign companies or individuals.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A50222-2004Jul14.html (1366 words)

	A Conspiracy So Immense II \| Z
		Following his appearance this morning before the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the British Respect Party's George Galloway was interviewed on the Cable News Network.
		You're appearing before the subcommittee concerning matters that do not arise out of the performance of any of your official duties as a member of the British Parliament, but instead concern actions taken by you in your capacity as a private citizen.
		The greater context of Galloway's success in the recent UK general election and his life-affirming confrontation with the US Senate's Permament Subcommittee on Investigations should not be lost.
	blog.zmag.org /index.php/weblog/entry/united_nations10 (8183 words)

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